Cap for cigars.



S. M. J. JACOBS.

CAP FOR'CIGARS.

APPLlcATloN man 1AN.20, 1917.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

SAMUEL JACKSON JACOBS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

cnr ron cIeAns Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten ret. it, 1era.

Application med January ao, 1917. seal no. 143,432.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. J AcKsoN JAooBs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident4 of the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, county and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Inventions in Caps for Cigars, of'which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to caps or the like for cigars. According to my invention there is applied to the tuck or lighting end of the cigar a member for protecting the cigar. This is accomplished by providing at the `tuck or li hting end of the cigar a cap cr the like which will serve to protect said end from fracture. The protecting member is y, made in the form'of a closed removable cap-the' preferred form-and it serves to protect the tuck or lighting end of the cigar from dust or foreign matter which might otherwise settle and accumulate on the cigar or within the interstices at the end of the cigar and remain as a contaminating agent. A vcap on the end of a cigar also tends to maintain a uniform degree of moistureA within the cigar.

As showing "certain specific embodiments of the invention reference is made to the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which drawingsy Figure 1 is a perspective view'of a cigar g` a. lighting end with a cap applied thereto. l

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a cigar taken as on the plane indicated by line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Y Fig-.U3 is a perspective view of an open box A ed with cigars-cigars for instance of the type shown in Fig. 1.

`A cigar with an open tuck or full open lighting end is indicated by 1 and the lighting end thereofis protected by a cap 2 which cap comprises material such as tinfoil 3 that is a thin sheet material bent into cap formation and held in place by a band 4, preferably of paper, which band is herein referred to as a retaining band. From an inspection of the drawings and from what has preceded itwill be clear that the tinfoil portion 3 constitutes a covering formed of a fn. sheet material bent or folded in place so as to t the end of the cigar and so that the covering thus made comprises a tip or tip portion and a lateral portion the latter of which surrounds and extends along the end of the maker,

end p ortion 1 of the cigar. From the drawings 1t will also vbe seen that the retaining band 4 extends the full length of the lateral portion. This band 4 is preferably utilized as the label carryingband and bears such marks as the trademark or advertising legand can. also be 4employed as a means to properly dress the cigar. It will be manifest that the cap shown in Fig. 2 can be readily removed without any likelihood of rupturing the wrapper of the cigar, thus avoiding an objectionable feature can be gripped between the thumb and finger to facilitate the removal .of the cigar from the fbox and-also the subsequent removal of the band from the cigar.

It will be noted that the cigars are arranged in the box in such a manner that the projecting portion or tab'?a are uppermost to facilitate theremoval of a cigar and lparticularly the removal of the first cigar from itslayer.

ll'n this specication the word cigar is to be broadly construed so as to cover any other form of article to be smoked such, for instance, as cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and the like, as well as what is usually known in the trade as a cigar.

The invention may be embodied in various forms and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the inven` tion. v

What li claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the `United States is:

1. A cigar having at the tuck or lighting end thereof a covering of tinfoil bent or folded in place so as to cover and fit the end portion of the cigar and which covering when in place provides a tip portion and a lateral portion the latter of which surrounds the end portion of the cigar, and a retaining band of paper that surrounds the said lateral' portion, that extends the full length of the lateral portion, and that serves to hold said covering in place.

2. A cigar having at the tuck or lighting end thereof a covering of thin sheet material bent or folded in place so as to cover, fit and surround the end portion of the cigar, and a retaining 'band of paper that Surrounds said covering and serves to retain the covering in place, said band being provided With a vprojection or tab Which can be seized or gripped between the fingers so as, to facilitate the removal of the cigar from a layer of cigars.

8. A cigar with an open tuck or cut light' ing end and having at saidl end'a cap which includes a piece of thin sheet materiai that provides a tip covermg the cut end of the cigar and which sheet material is also bentl or folded so as to form a lateral portion surrounding the end portion of the cigar and a retaining band that surrounds said .t t@ il L M. JACKSON JACUlAES.

Signed in the presence of- G. MCGRANN,

M. F. KEATING. 

